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Army FY ’12 Efficiencies Allow Program Acceleration

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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

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By Ann Roosevelt The Army's Fiscal Year 2012 budget request of $144.9 billion includes $2.7 billion saved through service efficiencies and reinvested in upgrading and accelerating programs, budget officials said. That $2.7 billion is part of the service's potential $29 billion in efficiency savings over the FY '12-'16 time period. The first consideration in combing through the service for efficiencies was that "we will cause no harm" to the Army, said Maj. Gen. Phillip McGhee yesterday at a Pentagon budget…

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